Whittaker vs Till

Who won Whittaker vs Till?

Robert Whittaker beat Darren Till by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Island 3, on Saturday 25th July 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Robert Whittaker.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Whittaker vs Till stats

Robert Whittaker stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Darren Till made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Robert Whittaker's UFC record stood at 16-5-0, while Darren Till's came in at 6-4-1.

The stats suggested Till had an advantage in power over Whittaker, with a 56% knock out percentage over Whittaker's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Whittaker had an advantage over Till, with a 25% submission rate over Till's 11%.

Robert Whittaker was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Till had 1-inch reach advantage.

Whittaker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Till, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 84 to Till's 58.

Whittaker vs Till form

Till had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jorge Masvidal at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Tyron Woodley at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Stephen Thompson at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 118 on 21st October 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland.

Activity check

Whittaker's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

Till's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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